ENCA: Affordable drug-resistant TB medication still out of reach for many

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ENCA: Affordable drug-resistant TB medication still out of reach for many

03 July 2014

A cheaper version of a lifesaving drug to treat drug resistant TB will now be available in South Africa but only for a few patients... Doctors without Borders has been granted special access to a generic of a powerful antibiotic that costs more than R700 per tablet but it’s the only body allowed to use the cheaper drug at R85 a tablet.